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Improving the ability to study coastal nutrient dynamics through the development of high-resolution water samplers
(2018)Globally, marine ecosystems are experiencing fundamental shifts in their structure and function. Due to the high level of interconnectedness between aquatic organisms and their environment, they are highly sensitive to ... -
Optimal Configuration and Tuning of Wave Energy Converter Arrays
(2016)Power from ocean waves is becoming an increasingly attractive option as a source of renewable energy. Ocean waves are more reliable and predictable than sun and wind, and have a higher energy density [1]. There are locations ... -
Nonlinear Ocean Energy Harvester
(2018)The scientific community has worked to extend communication networks, human safety programs, and environmental monitoring systems across continents, but has struggled to accomplish these same goals beyond the shoreline. ... -
Extraction of Phase-Resolved Wave Data from X-Band Radar Imagery
(2018)Typically, phase-resolved measurements of the sea surface are limited to single-point time series from in situ sensors, or arrays of multiple in situ sensors. The deployment of such devices is costly and time intensive, ... -
Examining the Impact of Illicit Drug Use on Prescribed Psychotropic Medication Adherence
(2020-03)The ever-increasing rates of prescription drug utilization in the United States, coupled with the high rates of non-adherence to psychotropic medications by patients, makes this area of research an increasingly important ... -
Feminine Gender Identification and Mother-Daughter Connectedness as Predictors and Sociocultural Buffers Against Adult Sexual Victimization in Latinas and Caucasians
(2020-03)The growing body of literature on childhood sexual abuse (CSA) has highlighted increased risk for adult re-victimization and transgenerational sexual abuse such that children of adult women with CSA histories are at ... -
On the Characterization of Natural Language Structure and Literary Stylometry - A Network Science Approach
(2020-05)Natural language processing (NLP) techniques have been through many advancements in recent years, linguistics and scientist utilized these techniques to solve many challenges related to written language and literary. ... -
Development and Validation of an Instrument for Measuring Instructor Satisfaction in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
(2020-05)To support the pursuit of quality in MOOCs, this study follows the Sloan Consortium online education quality framework. This framework includes five pillars of quality online education that need to be assessed on an ... -
Megafaunal Extinction in the Neotropics: A Landscape Approach
(2020-05)A 20 million years reign of large terrestrial mammals, known as megafauna (animals over 45 kg), came to an end during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition. Particularly apparent in the Americas, the sudden extinction of ... -
An Estimation of Light Attenuation in Shallow Estuary using In-situ Observations and Multispectral Satellite Imagery
(2019-12)A methodology is used to predict the underwater light field using data from the WorldView-3 (WV-3) multispectral satellite sensor. WV-3 multispectral imagery is analyzed to estimate reflectance above the water surface, ... -
Nonlocal Boundary Value Problems for Linear Hyperbolic Systems with Two Independent Variables
(2019-12)Nonlocal boundary value problems in a characteristic rectangle for second order linear hyperbolic systems are considered. There are established: (i) Unimprovable sufficient conditions for general boundary value problems ... -
Enhancing Cybersecurity by Generating User-Specific Security Policy through the Formal Modeling of User Behavior
(2020-01)Despite the ongoing efforts to develop cutting-edge security solutions, the question always remains whether these technologies can overcome system vulnerabilities that often result from poor security practices made by ... -
Stability Analysis of Neutral Functional Differential Equations Arising in Partial Element Equivalent Circuit Models
(2019-12)Neutral Functional Differential Equations (NFDEs) arise in the study of the Partial Element Equivalent Circuit (PEEC) model with time delays. We present sufficient conditions for asymptotic stability and global stability ... -
Design of a System for Inexpensive Underwater Fiber Optic In Vivo Imaging and Mass Balance Accounting of Tissue Engineering Candidates
(2019-12)The goal of this project is to create a prototype bioreactor that mimics a cell’s microenvironment. The ultimate goal is to set up an array of 36 bioreactors in parallel and monitor them with an array of sensors that ... -
Gut Content Analysis of Benthic Foraging Fish Compared to Invertebrate Infauna Distributions in Dredged vs. Undredged Habitats
(2019-12)The Indian River Lagoon (IRL) has experienced a loss in seagrasses due to organic sediment accumulation and harmful algal blooms. Seagrasses are an essential nursery habitat for many fishes and benthic invertebrates. IRL ... -
Single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array quenching and a novel quantum random number generator (QRNG)
(2019-12)Single Photon Avalanche Diodes, SPADs is a single-photon sensitive light detector with capabilities of pico-second timing resolutions and offer potential for enhancing various fields of science to evolve into quantum-age. ...